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, but little government, right? >> well, i guess we're talking a little bit of both. because illinois makes everybody's government look little or small by comparison. you know, on my license plate it says illinois, land of lincoln. but my guest, wes mosser, wes, what a great first name. i feel like that should be a character in a clint eastwood movie. what did you call illinois? >> land of 10,000 governments. >> is that the most in the entire country? >> most in the country. >> i want you to tell me first of all how you know this? >> well, every ten years the census bureau does a survey of local governments and they count up all the local governments for every state in the whole country, school districts to basic districts, anything with taxes authority -- >> let me start you right there. anything with taxing authority. so, there is a reason for the proliferation of illinois fifedom and that is to get inside people's wallets. so you're talking about raising money. whether it's through municipal bonds like board of e
, but little government, right? >> well, i guess we're talking a little bit of both. because illinois makes everybody's government look little or small by comparison. you know, on my license plate it says illinois, land of lincoln. but my guest, wes mosser, wes, what a great first name. i feel like that should be a character in a clint eastwood movie. what did you call illinois? >> land of 10,000 governments. >> is that the most in the entire country? >> most in the...
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government. certainly, u.s. data suggests that about 1 in 10 rebels on the ground may have some kind of affiliation. so big enough to be a problem but not big enough to represent the majority at all. this is the issue going forward. these people are increasingly in the eyes of syrians almost their war heroes to some description because they're experiencing success and victory on the battle field. the problem for the u.s. is when you want to start to fund the armed opposition or start assisting the political opposition in the future once the assad regime has fallen, how do you shore up that contradiction? on one side you have a group that's successful and part of what the rebels see as success, but at the same time they're also terrorists under many rules you said yourself. >> nick, explain for us. what does this mean for president bashar al assad's argument that these are terrorist organizations attacking the government facilitie facilities? does this give his argument any credence? >> reporter: the problem is u
government. certainly, u.s. data suggests that about 1 in 10 rebels on the ground may have some kind of affiliation. so big enough to be a problem but not big enough to represent the majority at all. this is the issue going forward. these people are increasingly in the eyes of syrians almost their war heroes to some description because they're experiencing success and victory on the battle field. the problem for the u.s. is when you want to start to fund the armed opposition or start assisting...
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government has a say when it comes to identity. u.s. census bureau, white. person having origins in any of the original peoples of europe, middle east or north africa. you're defined as white according to the census. >> yep. >> she's not white. so the question really goes to the u.s. government. why are people from north africa white? what purpose does that serve? how did you come to make that decision? they are on the continent of africa. they are of african dissent. why not be black? >> the question in this society to some extent is will she be viewed as white by anyone other than the census taker? the census taker may write it down that way. unless the police officer, loan officer, teacher, employer for whom she's trying to get a job views her that way and it's very unlikely they will, she is going to be at the very least a woman of color. >> what role does family play in all of this? for nyo, that's unclear. >> i mean i already have a poetry book. look at how nice this is, dad. look at how pretty that is. >> i think a lot of it really is, again how you a
government has a say when it comes to identity. u.s. census bureau, white. person having origins in any of the original peoples of europe, middle east or north africa. you're defined as white according to the census. >> yep. >> she's not white. so the question really goes to the u.s. government. why are people from north africa white? what purpose does that serve? how did you come to make that decision? they are on the continent of africa. they are of african dissent. why not be...
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over any individual or any government within the united states. i am puzzled as to where these strong objections come from. >> keep in mind, that was the nation's former top law enforcement official and a life-long republican who believes there's nothing to the charges against the u.n. disability treaty. michael ferras is making a lot of the charges. he's chairman of the home school legal defense association and also chancellor of the patrick harry college. he also made the claim about children with eyeglasses. here's what he said in a radio interview with the american family association. >> the definition of disability is not defined in the treaty and so my kid wears glasses. now they're disabled. now the u.n. gets control over them. >> so u.n. bureaucrats could get control over his child if they decided to define disability as kids with glasses. so keep that sound bite in mind. it came up earlier tonight when i spoke with michael ferras. mr. ferras, you have been saying this u.n. treaty would allow u.n. bureaucrats based in geneva to take contro
over any individual or any government within the united states. i am puzzled as to where these strong objections come from. >> keep in mind, that was the nation's former top law enforcement official and a life-long republican who believes there's nothing to the charges against the u.n. disability treaty. michael ferras is making a lot of the charges. he's chairman of the home school legal defense association and also chancellor of the patrick harry college. he also made the claim about...
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government. the payment is part of a settlement that resolves hsbc of accusations of money laundering for mexican drug cartels and terror-linked groups in saudi arabia. >>> and you might want to tuprn to google for the next time you're looking for tips for legally saving money on your taxes. according to bloomberg news, the world's second largest search engine saved $2 billion in taxes worldwide by shifting billions of dollars into tax shelters in bermuda. maribel is live at the nasdaq market site. maribel, this is most of google's pre-tax earrings that they were able to shelter. >> hi, ted, you're right there. it's about 80% of google's pre-tax profits last year. we've heard some of this before. and here's the thing, ted. it is legal. but bloomberg is now attaching some specific dollar figures to this. first off, why bermuda? that country doesn't have corporate income taxes. it's a big savings for google. and as you can imagine, the uproar over this is growing. last week, a uk parliamentary comm
government. the payment is part of a settlement that resolves hsbc of accusations of money laundering for mexican drug cartels and terror-linked groups in saudi arabia. >>> and you might want to tuprn to google for the next time you're looking for tips for legally saving money on your taxes. according to bloomberg news, the world's second largest search engine saved $2 billion in taxes worldwide by shifting billions of dollars into tax shelters in bermuda. maribel is live at the nasdaq...
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we need our government to be helping us. if we want to be innovative and entrepreneurial, if not -- it does not just happen. it comes from the investments we make in education and the way we do our tax policy and incentivizing energy and innovation in manufacturing. there are tax deductions we can get rid of. they are old and we do not mean them. it is important to the investment community. we know there are a lot of companies that are sitting on millions of dollars, billions of dollars, waiting for the right moments. if we want them to start spending in, we better make some hard decisions. we need to give them some certainty. you mentioned when the debt ceiling tucks happens before the republicans -- he mentioned with the debt ceiling talks happened before. we have to reach some agreement. we have to do it for the long term as well as the short term. >> you are doing an exemplary job. when we polled people about what is the to do list for washington, the debt was number one. the availability of good paying jobs, the social
we need our government to be helping us. if we want to be innovative and entrepreneurial, if not -- it does not just happen. it comes from the investments we make in education and the way we do our tax policy and incentivizing energy and innovation in manufacturing. there are tax deductions we can get rid of. they are old and we do not mean them. it is important to the investment community. we know there are a lot of companies that are sitting on millions of dollars, billions of dollars,...
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societal breakdown can't be solved by government, but it also can't be ignored by government. helping people make it into the middle class is a personal issue for me. my parents worked in the service industry. in almost any other nation on earth, their jobs would barely provide for daily living much less a better future. but in america, my parents made it to the middle class. today, the journey my parents made from poor immigrants to middle class, it's harder than it was in their time because the world has changed. the economy has changed. but whether or not the journey my parents made is still possible to all who are willing to work for it, well that will decide whether america will decline or whether america will remain exceptional. the emergence of a strong, 21st century american middle class is the answer to our most pressing challenges. and it all starts with our people. in our hotel kitchens, in the landscaping crews working in our neighborhoods, and in the late night janitorial shifts that clean our offices. there. there you will find the dreams america was built on. th
societal breakdown can't be solved by government, but it also can't be ignored by government. helping people make it into the middle class is a personal issue for me. my parents worked in the service industry. in almost any other nation on earth, their jobs would barely provide for daily living much less a better future. but in america, my parents made it to the middle class. today, the journey my parents made from poor immigrants to middle class, it's harder than it was in their time because...
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guest: the government looks at every job and activity. it is really hard to make the case that they overcharge. it is much more expensive because the way the government does it. there is performance of based logistics. you can save billions. it is the way avis would do it for cars. even save huge amounts of money. that means getting the back office out of the way. it means fewer back office jobs. they do not want to give up the power. host: the contacting system is really complicated. some of that is what the caller is saying. we have a lot of money through a system, a fair amount can disappear in ways we do not count. a history of 60 or 70 years of litigation against contractors to overcharge, contractors do overcharge. is not to say every contractor every time. we have a lot of money going through the system, some of that would stick to the wall it does not belong on. some of it will be over pricing. it is not a sole cause a problem. it is one of the problems. i am highly expectant. this has happened after every war. at some point there
guest: the government looks at every job and activity. it is really hard to make the case that they overcharge. it is much more expensive because the way the government does it. there is performance of based logistics. you can save billions. it is the way avis would do it for cars. even save huge amounts of money. that means getting the back office out of the way. it means fewer back office jobs. they do not want to give up the power. host: the contacting system is really complicated. some of...
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we have boards of the elections -- the federal government was the one thing to help us, send us more money to buy new machines. our machines are old and are maimed as contras are wearing out and this is done at local level. we got addicted to the more expensive machines in our missions are getting old and there is no federal dollars to replace them. by the way, budgets are being cut, it is going from the federal to the state to the local and we just had an announcement where the county where cnn was at, they said the board of elections laid-off 1/3 of the work force. they might be able to replace them with temporary workers down the road but it is talent and training and all of those things we continue to go on the we cannot run a world-class election system on the cheap. you cannot ask a system to do more and more and have fewer resources and less-trained people. that will not work and that is something we have to embrace and have a discussion about rather than the shiny objects that people want to talk about that are interesting and political pundits have an easy time talking about
we have boards of the elections -- the federal government was the one thing to help us, send us more money to buy new machines. our machines are old and are maimed as contras are wearing out and this is done at local level. we got addicted to the more expensive machines in our missions are getting old and there is no federal dollars to replace them. by the way, budgets are being cut, it is going from the federal to the state to the local and we just had an announcement where the county where...
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the vat tax wouldn't hold government to a tighter belt. guest: if you eliminate all deductions, a lot people would not necessarily have to see their taxes go up if you also lower tax rates and you can make a simpler tax code. a lot people are in favor of that. on the other hand, a lot of people think that it is good to encourage home ownership. it is good to make sure that employers are providing health insurance and that is not being taxed, and if people are paying their state and local taxes, we should give them a break and not tax that. they're definitely reasons and rationales behind the biggest tax breaks. host: laura tweeted in, raise everyone's rates a little rather than some a lot. next call, carl from kansas, line for independents. caller: i think we need to quit worrying about the taxes and go for welfare reform. i know a lady here in kansas who has three kids. all her food, doctor bills, prescriptions -- she doesn't pay any taxes. how does she get money back? guest: if you are not working, you're not going to be paying payroll t
the vat tax wouldn't hold government to a tighter belt. guest: if you eliminate all deductions, a lot people would not necessarily have to see their taxes go up if you also lower tax rates and you can make a simpler tax code. a lot people are in favor of that. on the other hand, a lot of people think that it is good to encourage home ownership. it is good to make sure that employers are providing health insurance and that is not being taxed, and if people are paying their state and local taxes,...
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we need our government to help us do this and move us forward. if we want to be innovative and entrepreneurship, that does not happen. a lot of that comes from the investments we have made in education, in how we do our tax policy. are we innovative in advanced manufacturing? these are things we could to. there are tax deductions we could get rid of. they are old. we do not need them. it would be important to the investor community and business community. there are companies that are sitting on millions of dollars and billions of dollars, waiting for the right moment. if we want them to start spending, we need to make decisions. it will not be good enough if we do not deal with the much larger question and give them certainty. some of the failed talks happened before. republicans would dig their heels in and say, it is our ideology or nothing. that will hurt the economy. they will say, see, i told you it did not work. that is the wrong way to work. we have to reach an agreement. we have to do it for the long term and short term. >> you are doing
we need our government to help us do this and move us forward. if we want to be innovative and entrepreneurship, that does not happen. a lot of that comes from the investments we have made in education, in how we do our tax policy. are we innovative in advanced manufacturing? these are things we could to. there are tax deductions we could get rid of. they are old. we do not need them. it would be important to the investor community and business community. there are companies that are sitting on...
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they want a governor who can balance a budget and know how to run a government but also can deliver on the pornts things that makes it different for job creation. we're the folks that run the education systems that allow us to have the work force, the 21st-century jobs. that is what we get from higher education to work force training, the real obstacle and the income growth right now is having the best education systems. where we are producing the workers of the 21st century. second, we keep the bridges open and hopefully functional and rebuilt. we represent environmental policies to keep our water clear and take on the environmental challenges that we're facing. it is where the rubber hits the road that we need to get the results. we have democratic governors who not only balance budgets understand that they have to be fiscally responsible but we combine that with a vision on education, on ensuring that we get it right when it comes to technology, making sure we have a trained work force for the jobs that aring with created, so we can be the job creators and we see incomes rise on our
they want a governor who can balance a budget and know how to run a government but also can deliver on the pornts things that makes it different for job creation. we're the folks that run the education systems that allow us to have the work force, the 21st-century jobs. that is what we get from higher education to work force training, the real obstacle and the income growth right now is having the best education systems. where we are producing the workers of the 21st century. second, we keep...
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government spending is above what it was before the recession. business investment, that area is what continues to lag. in your view, do you think raising taxes on the two marginal rates as well as capital gains dividends, does that encourage more business investment in the economy? >> the threat of those increases is a very big negative. mr. brady, one of the things economists use when they teach graduate classes is something called the handbook of public economics. you had to study that, too, mark. i know i did. one of the later editions, there is a chapter on how taxes effect business spending. we go into a very gory detail about how negative this can be. if the dividend tax is going to go up, a lot of firms would be hurt significantly by that. they would be paring back their capital spending in anticipation of higher taxes in the future. businesses will look to the future when they decide what they're going to do. they are not investing. you see it's in the investment data. it is why this recovery has been so slow. businesses have a lot of ca
government spending is above what it was before the recession. business investment, that area is what continues to lag. in your view, do you think raising taxes on the two marginal rates as well as capital gains dividends, does that encourage more business investment in the economy? >> the threat of those increases is a very big negative. mr. brady, one of the things economists use when they teach graduate classes is something called the handbook of public economics. you had to study...
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there has been efficient government. -- been terrible inneficient government. there has also been efficient government. you were in congress 20 years ago. the budget was doubled. that was a great investment. that is not part of the dialogue this year's. >> it is 19% of what was 10 years ago. tahat is the value of the nih dollar. had it not been for the doubling -- wwe tried to do science agencies, a doubling in 10 years or so, which i hope can be done. we are drifting below 2.7% as a share of gdp in science investment. the best thing is to get around 3% ideally. we are not moving in the right direction. i am a first generation american. my father got here in 1926 partly because he owned a patent. in austria. it was bought by a company that would become rca. he didn't have a penny in his name. this will company in ohio paid his boat ticket so he can get here. he did happen to go into that business. he became a psychiatrist. [laughter] he was part of the growth of the great american middle class. this isn't just about rich people and greeting the situations of we
there has been efficient government. -- been terrible inneficient government. there has also been efficient government. you were in congress 20 years ago. the budget was doubled. that was a great investment. that is not part of the dialogue this year's. >> it is 19% of what was 10 years ago. tahat is the value of the nih dollar. had it not been for the doubling -- wwe tried to do science agencies, a doubling in 10 years or so, which i hope can be done. we are drifting below 2.7% as a...
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>> this will be run by the government. what additional tools can we bring to the governor's to provide additional resources and what can we do to support small businesses? >> at the very end, use of the budget request for what we think is boy to be needed, as we look at the numbers coming members of the requests, is a possible that some of what will make the number lower is they will not be able to rebuild? >> that's exactly what i was saying. particularly in the fema programs, it is a unique funding source. those bonds do not expire. we get a preparations annually in for the disasters that we have had a and we make sure we have bonds available to respond to the next disaster. it is not just about spending this much raw in this disaster this year, but it is also keeping the standards. when congress fully funded that, it was also to provide the faunas out for something like this. but you have to be ready to go. our annual appropriation does not only the total figure for a disaster. it is what we expect it to the extent and
>> this will be run by the government. what additional tools can we bring to the governor's to provide additional resources and what can we do to support small businesses? >> at the very end, use of the budget request for what we think is boy to be needed, as we look at the numbers coming members of the requests, is a possible that some of what will make the number lower is they will not be able to rebuild? >> that's exactly what i was saying. particularly in the fema...
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the federal government probably has a very minimum -- and i've worked for government and i've worked in the utility industry, which is almost the same as the government, at least 40% overpaid. too many people working. at least 40% more people than they need to do the job. when these people say they're cutting the budget, they're not cutting a pink. they are cutting the growth in government. if congress does not vote themselves raising any more. they get automatic raises. unless somebody has the go nads to say we need a raise this year. they have not done that since they put that into effect. they don't vote on raises and more. host: your response? guest: i don't agree with all of youro fax ofncts. one can find instances of fraud and waste in the government as one can in any type of organization. we need to do a better job. there's a lot of money being allocated now do program integrity, meaning let's make sure that the money is spent for what it was intended for and not misused in any way. let's crack down on fraud where it exists, because there will be citizens that tried to game th
the federal government probably has a very minimum -- and i've worked for government and i've worked in the utility industry, which is almost the same as the government, at least 40% overpaid. too many people working. at least 40% more people than they need to do the job. when these people say they're cutting the budget, they're not cutting a pink. they are cutting the growth in government. if congress does not vote themselves raising any more. they get automatic raises. unless somebody has the...
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the more you think about government, led government can and should focus on our things in their control and that can get done. a lot of what creates innovation is outside of government control even though it is important to get done. the most important thing right now is that government has 100% of
the more you think about government, led government can and should focus on our things in their control and that can get done. a lot of what creates innovation is outside of government control even though it is important to get done. the most important thing right now is that government has 100% of
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you said working for the government or did you mismean receiving benefits from government? caller: yes. host: would you support any tax increases? caller: if there are absolutely some cuts made. we have sat down with the democrats before. they say they will make cuts and they never do. we all know the federal worker that arranged the trip to las vegas and sits in the hot tub with the champagne, he refused to answer. he got a $9,000 bonus but refused to answer questions when he was called before congress. he retires with a pension of $100,000. i don't know anybody in my family that makes that, and they actually work. and he's getting a pension. that needs to be looked at. government workers get away more in benefits, and in salary and work less than people actually working today their salaries. host: thanks for calling. jonica pennsylvania on our independent line. caller: it's too bad you don't have an instantaneous fact check button.ton in fron that's for the last caller. you guys have forgotten about a particular man, with all these tax and cut talks, you guys should have
you said working for the government or did you mismean receiving benefits from government? caller: yes. host: would you support any tax increases? caller: if there are absolutely some cuts made. we have sat down with the democrats before. they say they will make cuts and they never do. we all know the federal worker that arranged the trip to las vegas and sits in the hot tub with the champagne, he refused to answer. he got a $9,000 bonus but refused to answer questions when he was called before...
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government. this is an opportunity for russia to show that that vote was juft, this is an opportunity to show the international community at large you can be a constructive force at a time of great need and you have the capability to do some good. i find it ironic and red lines are talked about, but the red line here is literally red. the line we're crossing is 40,000 people have died. what bothers me is the most we are all fixated on the method of killing, not the killing itself. for over a year, we have been talking about getting involved and need to stop this before it gets out of hand. we want to shape what happens after assad leaves. it will be hard to go to the syrian people when they achieve their freedom and say we would like to help you and they will say, you did little at a time in our debatest need. we have a chance to correct that impression. from an american national security point of view, if we don't secure these chemical weapons, we are going to reget it. the weapons will fall int
government. this is an opportunity for russia to show that that vote was juft, this is an opportunity to show the international community at large you can be a constructive force at a time of great need and you have the capability to do some good. i find it ironic and red lines are talked about, but the red line here is literally red. the line we're crossing is 40,000 people have died. what bothers me is the most we are all fixated on the method of killing, not the killing itself. for over a...
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there are things government can do and things government can't do. among the things government can do is create the conditions under which -- as much uncertainty is lifted and cost is lifted in order to allow businesses to innovate. >> if i could follow up because one of the statistics that i had throoked at had to do with reducing regulatory barriers and i thought this was an amazing -- u.s. with less than 20% spends 26% more per employer to comply with regulations. that goes to the heart what we consider the innovation story in this contry. the small start-ups. that's what we are looking for as we look for the next big economic success story are those start ups. those start ups that may have been around for a while. particularly here at google. we look at what -- web presence can do for a start-up as they increase their potential not only throughout this country but throughout the world. in terms of global exporting. their ideas and their innovations. those regulatory barriers have such a depressing impact on their abilities to get the job done. th
there are things government can do and things government can't do. among the things government can do is create the conditions under which -- as much uncertainty is lifted and cost is lifted in order to allow businesses to innovate. >> if i could follow up because one of the statistics that i had throoked at had to do with reducing regulatory barriers and i thought this was an amazing -- u.s. with less than 20% spends 26% more per employer to comply with regulations. that goes to the...
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if we don't get the government -- government's paying for this health care, but the private sector is the one that's writing the bills. you need to do something about the private sector section of the medical system. get 100,000 people to send their bills to you from the hospital and make these people justify these outrageous costs they are charging the government. host: congressman welch. guest: he's got a point. the cost is unbelievable. anybody who's been to the hospital as hes is, you not only get that bill, but you get a bill for the stay in the surgery room, you get a bill from the anaesthesiologist. it's peacework -- piecework billing. what we have is this fee-for-service system here which encourages volume. if you have a incentive, it will produce results. the results that are produced for the fee-for-service system you is get a lot of services offered that many times are not necessary. so that's what -- he's got a good example of how the cost is really beyond the control of any consumer. he gets sent to the doctor. next thing you know he's getting an angioplasty, he's getting
if we don't get the government -- government's paying for this health care, but the private sector is the one that's writing the bills. you need to do something about the private sector section of the medical system. get 100,000 people to send their bills to you from the hospital and make these people justify these outrageous costs they are charging the government. host: congressman welch. guest: he's got a point. the cost is unbelievable. anybody who's been to the hospital as hes is, you not...
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we will rebuild but we need the government's help. the port authority receives no taxpayer money from either your or new jersey. we rely solely on user fees and all those revenue streams have their limitations. we are assessing exact costs of repair and recovery, but our needs are enormous. we face hundreds of millions of dollars in immediate repairs and billions of dollars to install projects such as protecting an elevating electrical substations at the airports as well as additional capacity at the airports to safeguard our system in the future. the obama administration and this congress have been great partners throughout this process, and we are grateful. the cost will be high, but it would be unfathomable in terms of the cost of lost productivity, disabled economies, and a fractured transportation networks should we fail to make those investments. the road ahead will be a challenge, but with the help of the government, we know that recovery is possible. thank you for holding this hearing, senator. >> we know well we are neighbors
we will rebuild but we need the government's help. the port authority receives no taxpayer money from either your or new jersey. we rely solely on user fees and all those revenue streams have their limitations. we are assessing exact costs of repair and recovery, but our needs are enormous. we face hundreds of millions of dollars in immediate repairs and billions of dollars to install projects such as protecting an elevating electrical substations at the airports as well as additional capacity...
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guest: we see more and more government oversight. one of the other problems with the department of defense is it never really understands or calculates the cost of oversight, the cost of regulation. the cost of requiring that these be done in peculier and special ways, all of which add to the burden. if you reduce the cost of regulation -- and we see regulation or attemps to do auditing. we have done a study that says you can save anywhere from $50 billion to a billion dollars by a combination of reduced regulation, multi-year contracting in a group, no changes allowed. you go to the next one and buy it as an improved version. you could be saving yourself enough to make up for what ever the cost of sequestration is. we're just not doing it. host: matt in baltimore, maryland. what is your background? caller: director of science and technology for the navy. you may remember me. it is a matter of management, selection of program managers. sequestration is probably a terrific opportunity. anyway, that is all i have to say. guest: the att
guest: we see more and more government oversight. one of the other problems with the department of defense is it never really understands or calculates the cost of oversight, the cost of regulation. the cost of requiring that these be done in peculier and special ways, all of which add to the burden. if you reduce the cost of regulation -- and we see regulation or attemps to do auditing. we have done a study that says you can save anywhere from $50 billion to a billion dollars by a combination...
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tanner, who is better at running these programs, the state governments or federal governments? guest: states have very different economic climates. what is going on the dakotas right now, they're not even eligible for this emergency unemployment extended benefits, versus new york, which has the highest level of weeks allowed right now because of their differing unemployment rates. you want this handled on the local level and not a one-size- fits-all across the country. guest: it is administered by states. i think a lot of the state programs are too restrictive in their eligibility and have too low caps. there are some important steps. there are some important steps forward and the american recovery act. i do not see a lot of prospects for much greater federal involvement any time soon. host: mableton, illinois on the line for independents. caller: i want to direct this to mr. tanner. i have never been in debt. i have a retirement, have a very nice pension from the state of california when i was a state police offiercer. we're not putting enough emphasis on what has happened in
tanner, who is better at running these programs, the state governments or federal governments? guest: states have very different economic climates. what is going on the dakotas right now, they're not even eligible for this emergency unemployment extended benefits, versus new york, which has the highest level of weeks allowed right now because of their differing unemployment rates. you want this handled on the local level and not a one-size- fits-all across the country. guest: it is administered...
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the problem is the government just spends too much. where's the plan to cut spending? there isn't one. we got here by spending too much, not taxing too little. after all, the last thing you do in a recession is raise taxes. quoting the president. and that's just the way it is. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. any further requests for one-minute speeches? the chair lays before the house the following personal requests. the clerk: leaves of absence requested for mr. culberson of texas for today and mr. reyes of texas for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request is granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 5, 2011, the gentleman from ohio, mr. tiberi from ohio, is recognized as the designee of the majority leader. mr. tiberi: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous done sent -- consent that all members have the ability to revise and extend their remarks. tonight we from ohio would like to recognize and thank for their service five departing members from the ohio delegation. congressman steve austria, de
the problem is the government just spends too much. where's the plan to cut spending? there isn't one. we got here by spending too much, not taxing too little. after all, the last thing you do in a recession is raise taxes. quoting the president. and that's just the way it is. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. any further requests for one-minute speeches? the chair lays before the house the following personal requests. the clerk: leaves of absence requested for...
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we can argue about whether we should do it from the federal government or from the state government or from our communities and our chumps but of course we're committed to fulfilling those goals. but we cannot, it is not fair and i argue it is immoral to face the kind of challenges that we're facing and say, you know what, we, the 80% of america, aren't going to help at all. we're already paying 6% of all the bills. there are 80% of us. we're the primary beneficiary. we're paying 6% of all the bills. we don't want to pay more. tax them. that is incredibly dangerous. and anti-theycal to who we are as a republic -- antithetical to who we are as a republic. ben franklin is often cited, if people find they can vote themselves money that will herald the end of the republic. that makes sense. it takes 51% to win an election. if 51% of the people can make sure that 49% have to bear all the burdens and pay all the bills and do all the fighting, then the thore 51% can take the day off. then franklin worried about that over 200 years ago. milton friedman, passed away, by his words are still with
we can argue about whether we should do it from the federal government or from the state government or from our communities and our chumps but of course we're committed to fulfilling those goals. but we cannot, it is not fair and i argue it is immoral to face the kind of challenges that we're facing and say, you know what, we, the 80% of america, aren't going to help at all. we're already paying 6% of all the bills. there are 80% of us. we're the primary beneficiary. we're paying 6% of all the...
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tanner, who is better at running these programs, the state governments or federal governments? guest: states have very different economic climates. what is going on the dakotas right now, they're not even eligible for this emergency unemployment extended benefits, versus new york, which has the highest level of weeks allowed right now because of their differing unemployment rates. guest: it is administered by states. i think a lot of the state programs are too restrictive in their eligibility and have to look capps. there are some important steps forward in the american recovery act -- too low caps. there are some important steps forward and the american recovery act. i do not see a lot of prospects for much greater federal involvement any time soon. host: mableton, illinois on the line for independents. caller: i want to direct this to mr. tanner. i have never been in debt. i have a retirement, have a very nice pension from the state of california bar when i was a state police officer. -- for when i was a state police officer. we're not putting enough emphasis on what has happ
tanner, who is better at running these programs, the state governments or federal governments? guest: states have very different economic climates. what is going on the dakotas right now, they're not even eligible for this emergency unemployment extended benefits, versus new york, which has the highest level of weeks allowed right now because of their differing unemployment rates. guest: it is administered by states. i think a lot of the state programs are too restrictive in their eligibility...
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these are the kinds of things that he went to, small city governments, county governments, doing local research to document his goal to document every single person executed in the country. one of the persons that he compiled information on was the youngest person to be executed in the united states in the twentyieth simple ri. there's themes that draw out. one of the themes is the execution of children. this has been debated, ideas and perspective given on this. is it right to execute chirp? another theme is is it proper to execute people who are mentally ill? another issue that is drawn out in the history of capital punishment is the factor of race and determining sentencing of capital punishment. it's been statistically proven that race is a mitigating factor in capital punishment sentencing so these themes of race, of executing the young, executing the mentally ill are themes to draw out of the collection. here we have george stinny. george was 14 # years old when he of the convicted of killing an 1 # 1 -- 11-year-old girl in south carolina in 1944. he was 14 years old. he was bare
these are the kinds of things that he went to, small city governments, county governments, doing local research to document his goal to document every single person executed in the country. one of the persons that he compiled information on was the youngest person to be executed in the united states in the twentyieth simple ri. there's themes that draw out. one of the themes is the execution of children. this has been debated, ideas and perspective given on this. is it right to execute chirp?...
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governing has become more and more difficult. however, if politicians, what do we remember warren has for? we robber and for passing grade legislation to protect children's health care. we are not calling to remember politicians for their cowardice. we will remember them for their courage. i should say we're not going to run them positively for the cowboys to a cowardice, but for the courage. we are calling on politicians to exercise. we also talked about a set of reforms that would make it easier to compromise. performing a filibuster, open primaries rather than close primaries. limiting the amount of money. the problem is you can't get these reforms without compromise, so we all have our favor reforms. politicians need to mix the mindset and lead. and to that is eminently possible. >> you right on restraining the rhetoric, a third strategy of economizing on disagreements is designed to deal with the fact that this agreement will persist on most issues, the democratic process is not always or even usually real, let alone general
governing has become more and more difficult. however, if politicians, what do we remember warren has for? we robber and for passing grade legislation to protect children's health care. we are not calling to remember politicians for their cowardice. we will remember them for their courage. i should say we're not going to run them positively for the cowboys to a cowardice, but for the courage. we are calling on politicians to exercise. we also talked about a set of reforms that would make it...
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while the interim government has made progress in strengthening governments, preparation for elections are moving slowly. we continue to strongly encourage the interim government to set a date for election and elections and to develop a roadmap for the transition to a new democratically-elected government. the united states, along with the international community, stands ready to assist mali in conduct doing free, fair and transparent elections. the interim government should build on the preparations that were undertaken before the aborted april 2012 election and hold elections by april 2013 with as many voters as possible. the united states look forward to working with the interim government and the international community to examine the best mechanism to ensure that voters from all regions of mali, including those in refugee camps in neighboring countries, can participate in national elections. as mali moves through its current political transition, we have been clear and unequivocal in our messages to coup leader captain sunoco and the malian need for captain sunoco to leave the pol
while the interim government has made progress in strengthening governments, preparation for elections are moving slowly. we continue to strongly encourage the interim government to set a date for election and elections and to develop a roadmap for the transition to a new democratically-elected government. the united states, along with the international community, stands ready to assist mali in conduct doing free, fair and transparent elections. the interim government should build on the...
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government could do and the government to government. it's how you build the nonproliferation norms in the society themselves. >> i'm going to ask a direct question because the non-proliferation i get that, it makes sense. we always on the government work better and be better coordinated but here's a direct question if anybody else knows the answer please, speegap. how much does the government spend annually? fighting, nonproliferation in the middle east, let's back up again. this is the sum of all fears, this is the middle east. it went through five or six examples when the post war period we've already seen the government in the attacks and thousands of people killed i don't think anybody in this room needs a lesson on the kind of regime and the kind of terrorist organizations that are in the middle east and that come out of the swamp that is the middle east and so i would assume as a layperson that we must be spending billions in fighting the middle east nonproliferation. actually i do not know because as i explained, they are so desp
government could do and the government to government. it's how you build the nonproliferation norms in the society themselves. >> i'm going to ask a direct question because the non-proliferation i get that, it makes sense. we always on the government work better and be better coordinated but here's a direct question if anybody else knows the answer please, speegap. how much does the government spend annually? fighting, nonproliferation in the middle east, let's back up again. this is the...
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the academy, a government private-sector and low rely on that as a member of the governing council, he let -- recently left his on-line post as did pretty manage change editor to become president of the research center next month. in his 30 year career but the washington bureau barrasso the author of three best-selling both of the new lows of power in the but to put money in your hand and in your pockets brochure down at tateho bush but to receive the america both plans also to receive when and then to reach the federal reserve. but in addition he also happened to the level of interest due does carolina please join me to loathsome hour distinguished moderator, alan murray. [applause] in. >> thank you governor for that generous introduction and be willing to overlook the disability of my all matter. [laughter] and we have been through the most expensive election campaign in the history of the world with over $2 billion spent over the course of many months, repeated debates, when it was over we woke up in discovered nothing had changed. the same party is controlled congress with the same
the academy, a government private-sector and low rely on that as a member of the governing council, he let -- recently left his on-line post as did pretty manage change editor to become president of the research center next month. in his 30 year career but the washington bureau barrasso the author of three best-selling both of the new lows of power in the but to put money in your hand and in your pockets brochure down at tateho bush but to receive the america both plans also to receive when and...
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jamie kelly tries to get this spot marked at the federal government and he gets the federal government to come in the federal government brings archaeologist. they find some stuff but in the end, and historian in team of archaeologists writes his this paper. they write the official congressional report and they say that the maryland regiment was truly brave and while they did this you know, tremendous, this important thing, it is no more important than anything anyone else did in the war. something to that effect which you know, i mean you could just see jamie kelly saying oh my god, please note don't let this be the report but you can also just sit there and say wow, whose actions are more important than his other actions in who gets to judge? he gets even sadder for me, so, but somebody is recently talking about trying to find the site again and i knew and historian who is trying to get the sonar so maybe someday they will. >> to me, it's undeniable the amnesia, knowing new york city history as a hopeless claim and he you just get more depressed all the time. is it just a trump princ
jamie kelly tries to get this spot marked at the federal government and he gets the federal government to come in the federal government brings archaeologist. they find some stuff but in the end, and historian in team of archaeologists writes his this paper. they write the official congressional report and they say that the maryland regiment was truly brave and while they did this you know, tremendous, this important thing, it is no more important than anything anyone else did in the war....
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constitution gave the government the power to do certain things. this had not commenced as the 1930's. >> again, the november 2012 elections. >> that no one to talk about 2012. and tired of 2012. less talk about the future. 2012 was a very difference. were going to have to figure out a way to appeal to a bitter electorate. >> a year running for president? >> that is classified. your parents is not high enough to your hat. i wouldn't -- want to be part of the national debate. >> government bullies, the second book by senator rand paul, however day americans are being harassed and abused by an imprisoned by the fed's. >> now on book tv a history of the american revolution with the focus on the middle colonies. new york, new jersey, and portions of pennsylvania. the author recalls the importance of the region during the war and visits several sites to document their historical significance and it plans date today. from washington's crossing of the dollar to the battle of brooklyn, it is about an hour and 15. [applause] >> this subtitle of this book is
constitution gave the government the power to do certain things. this had not commenced as the 1930's. >> again, the november 2012 elections. >> that no one to talk about 2012. and tired of 2012. less talk about the future. 2012 was a very difference. were going to have to figure out a way to appeal to a bitter electorate. >> a year running for president? >> that is classified. your parents is not high enough to your hat. i wouldn't -- want to be part of the national...
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they will instead use it to pay for larger government, more public workers, and more government waste. we need to have a serious conversation about our federal debt, which is now over $16.3 trillion and going up every day. how do we get that number under control? the president and his democratic friends have suggested for years that they can do it on the revenue side; specifically, by taxing the wealthy. yet the new taxes on the rich promised by the president during the campaign would reduce -- would reduce the next ten years of deficits by only 8%, assuming they didn't do any more spending. so where is the rest of the money going to come from? we need to have a serious conversation about spending, but so far the president, congressional democrats, and the liberal interest groups that support them have refused to engage. all they can saall i can say ree here, we're ready to talk, we're raid to reach a balanced resolution that would spare the american people from the consequences of going over the fiscal cliff. and, madam president, i've only been here 36 years, but i've seen every pre
they will instead use it to pay for larger government, more public workers, and more government waste. we need to have a serious conversation about our federal debt, which is now over $16.3 trillion and going up every day. how do we get that number under control? the president and his democratic friends have suggested for years that they can do it on the revenue side; specifically, by taxing the wealthy. yet the new taxes on the rich promised by the president during the campaign would reduce --...
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it funds the government for about a week. the president seems to have an obsession with raising income tax rates claiming that is the only way to get significant new revenues. but this isn't true according to the administration's own budget. according to this administration's budget, the president's marginal income tax rate hike on high earners and small businesses will raise $442 billion own ten years. if you look at just the top two rates that you would raise, about $442 -- 400 billion over ten. the president would raise taxes for higher income tax earners raises $540 billion over ten years. the income tax rate increases are one-fourth of the new taxes the president has proposed. so it is simply not true as a factual matter, as a matter of arithmetic that you need to raise marginal income tax rates to raise significant revenue. yet, the president continues to insist that marginal income tax rate increases be part of any fiscal cliff agreement. you have to wonder is it because of the arithmetic or is it because of a liberal
it funds the government for about a week. the president seems to have an obsession with raising income tax rates claiming that is the only way to get significant new revenues. but this isn't true according to the administration's own budget. according to this administration's budget, the president's marginal income tax rate hike on high earners and small businesses will raise $442 billion own ten years. if you look at just the top two rates that you would raise, about $442 -- 400 billion over...
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the government should be involved in the. unfortunately, there are times when people evaluate investments that help our poorest children, the people in the toughest, most disadvantaged neighborhoods, some of our most intractable problems even with, for example, young people rescued from trafficking. these are very, very difficult problems. and we should evaluate and see what works. but we should also insist again there's not a double standard, so that if an evaluation, single evaluation or even a couple of evaluations somehow show that a particular strategy is not worth well, that is a motivation to do things better and smarter, not an excuse or reason to say government has no business being involved in that endeavor. so i think we need to be more change, accountability, evaluation, but not a tougher, higher double standard just when it comes to young people from the most disadvantaged and troubled environment. so there is so much to talk about in the innovation area. let me just mention a few things that we are focused on an
the government should be involved in the. unfortunately, there are times when people evaluate investments that help our poorest children, the people in the toughest, most disadvantaged neighborhoods, some of our most intractable problems even with, for example, young people rescued from trafficking. these are very, very difficult problems. and we should evaluate and see what works. but we should also insist again there's not a double standard, so that if an evaluation, single evaluation or even...
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the federal government probably has a minimum, very minimum, i've worked for government and i worked in the utility inindustry which is almost the same as working for government, at least 40% overpaid, at least, too many people working. at least 40% more people than they need to do the job. it actually incredible. when people say they're cutting budget. they're not cutting darn thing. they're cutting growth in government. congress doesn't vote themselves raises anymore. they get automatic raise unless somebody has the gonads saying wait a minute we don't need to have a raise this year. think haven't done it since they actually put that into effects. they don't vote on raises anymore. >> host: let's get a response. isabel, sawhill. >> guest: i'm sorry i don't agree with all your facts there. certainly one can find instances of fraud and waste in the federal government as one can in any kind of organization. and so, i'm going to, once again say we need to do a better job. there is a lot of money being allocated now to what is called program integrity, meaning let's make sure that the m
the federal government probably has a minimum, very minimum, i've worked for government and i worked in the utility inindustry which is almost the same as working for government, at least 40% overpaid, at least, too many people working. at least 40% more people than they need to do the job. it actually incredible. when people say they're cutting budget. they're not cutting darn thing. they're cutting growth in government. congress doesn't vote themselves raises anymore. they get automatic raise...
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, the central government would deliver resources to the north again with a government out in the lead and with the donors supporting. unfortunately, the pace of that was too slow and not very effective. another point moving forward i think is that we do need to concentrate on decentralization and making a connection between the government services and the individual what the community level. >> to build further on the comments about the resource base within the mali clearly there are difficult choices for the government there that are involved in the guns versus butter types of decisions, and every sourcing for the armed forces was insufficient relatively speaking to dhaka building a threat that they now face in aqim. i think in support to the military, the provided training and equipping for both many years now, but in a relatively modest quantities, and i don't think that level of resources and that is commensurate with the threat peter thinks the other lesson learned for us is to look beyond the tactical level of training that's provided by the department of defense to consider wha
, the central government would deliver resources to the north again with a government out in the lead and with the donors supporting. unfortunately, the pace of that was too slow and not very effective. another point moving forward i think is that we do need to concentrate on decentralization and making a connection between the government services and the individual what the community level. >> to build further on the comments about the resource base within the mali clearly there are...
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, state government and local government. we want to see it in the private sector. >> eliot: while it is nice to see some on the right finally acknowledging the government is capable of creating jobs, the 73% number signifies nothing. yes, the number is accurate and the past five months, 847,000 jobs have been created and 621,000 were government jobs. however, the reason they're only tracking the past five months is because if they started in january, they would see that government jobs are actually down for the year and that it is actually government workers who have been most affected by the recession due to state and local governments being forced to lay off workers in order to balance budgets. here are real numbers. since president obama took office in january of 2009, the number of government jobs has dropped by 678,000. the number of private sector jobs has increased by nearly 1.5 million. i know congressman murphy may not think so but facts matter. >> eliot: we saw it last summer and we're seeing it again. and now the
, state government and local government. we want to see it in the private sector. >> eliot: while it is nice to see some on the right finally acknowledging the government is capable of creating jobs, the 73% number signifies nothing. yes, the number is accurate and the past five months, 847,000 jobs have been created and 621,000 were government jobs. however, the reason they're only tracking the past five months is because if they started in january, they would see that government jobs...
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instead of giving it to charity, give it to the government, or work with the government.
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they went on his hsbc work with governments to break the law, foreign governments with terrorists they threatened by their actions the lives of u.s. citizens. saying at one point, and this is a quote, he says i don't think anyone is alleging hsbc was the mastermind of many of these schemes. rather the compliance was so lax that it was allowed to happen. listen to what he said at the beginning of the conference about how hsbc helped governments rake the law. in his own words. >> on at least one occasion hsbc instructed a bank in iran how to format payment messages so that the transactions would not be blocked or rejected. by the united states. >> so hsbc, according to lanny brewer, actually told the governments in iran, the bank at iran, how to break u.s. law but they will not go after the individual's who might have shown the bank how to do it. we asked hsbc for the number of executives who have been subject to call back of the bonuses, the department of justice and hsbc have made a great deal, great fact of the number of executives who have had their bonuses clawed back. they refuse t
they went on his hsbc work with governments to break the law, foreign governments with terrorists they threatened by their actions the lives of u.s. citizens. saying at one point, and this is a quote, he says i don't think anyone is alleging hsbc was the mastermind of many of these schemes. rather the compliance was so lax that it was allowed to happen. listen to what he said at the beginning of the conference about how hsbc helped governments rake the law. in his own words. >> on at...
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our city officials and government that walk around these people like, look what we doing, what are they doing, running trailers from texas or pennsylvania and now you want to put the people on streets and you say there is nowhere to put trailer service there were 208,000 tons of garbage down the block great my block, why can't now that the garbage is done put the trailers there? >>neil: novel idea. thank you, chris. certainly we remind you while they are back slapping and saying everything is fine, we are not there. we are not here to blame the president or democrat leaders or republican leaders while they high five each other these folks are saying, hello? hello? for get in the middle of this the united states is claiming the nobel peace prize and look who is accepting. >> sin you mention north korea this crisis was originated in north america. ...so as you can see, geico's customer satisfaction is at 97%. mmmm tasty. and cut! very good. people are always asking me how we make these geico adverts. so we're taking you behind the scenes. this coffee cup, for example, is computer animated
our city officials and government that walk around these people like, look what we doing, what are they doing, running trailers from texas or pennsylvania and now you want to put the people on streets and you say there is nowhere to put trailer service there were 208,000 tons of garbage down the block great my block, why can't now that the garbage is done put the trailers there? >>neil: novel idea. thank you, chris. certainly we remind you while they are back slapping and saying...
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it permits a person aggrieved by the government to challenge the government in a court. the new constitution would not permit that, which is a reason why the judges went on strike because they would be just functionaries deciding civil lawsuits and they could not interfere with extra constitutional behavior on the part of the government if the new constitution becomes law. it was also written by a legislature they have declared was unlawfully elected and not written by the constitutional committee that the present constitution says these write a new constitution. >>shepard: it is not an easy process, the exercise of democracy but at least until the point where he sicks the military on his people, something is, withing. >>judge napolitano: people are happy he is there. he was popularly elected. it was not close. he won a substantial victory. if the military shoots anyone, that changes. president mubarak was tried, prosecuted and acquitted using the military to kill people. president morsi has ordered him tried again and again until he is convicted, the same thing that pre
it permits a person aggrieved by the government to challenge the government in a court. the new constitution would not permit that, which is a reason why the judges went on strike because they would be just functionaries deciding civil lawsuits and they could not interfere with extra constitutional behavior on the part of the government if the new constitution becomes law. it was also written by a legislature they have declared was unlawfully elected and not written by the constitutional...